As the battle for the multimedia messaging service (MMS) market in Europe begins to heat up among the region’s wireless carriers, the fight for the MMS infrastructure market has largely …
The attitudes of the late 1990s, where operators found it necessary to have a presence in as many countries as possible, have begun to fade as the cost of having …
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it posted a third-quarter loss of $13.7 million, although it beat the market expectation. The company’s earnings took a beating from its charges, which amounted to …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced a technical partnership with the Lucky Strike B.A.R. Honda Formula One team to apply its mobile communications technology on Formula One racing circuits. DoCoMo and B.A.R. …
MANKATO, Minn.-Kerrville, Texas-based Concho Cellular Telephone Co. Inc. signed a contract with HickoryTech Corp. to use its Write2k billing solution in its central Texas markets. Financial terms of the contract …
PALM BEACH, Fla.-Applied Digital Solutions Inc. announced it will be relisted on the Nasdaq national market, and its stock will begin trading Wednesday, July 31.
KAZAN, Tatarstan, Russia-Two regional carriers from the Russian Muslim republic of Tatarstan on the Volga offered stock for public sale, forcing the biggest Russian carrier Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) to reconsider …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced Mike Zafirovski, currently executive vice president and president of Motorola’s personal communications sector, has been elected to serve as the company’s new president and chief operating …
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, and TORONTO-In the aftermath of their quarterly earnings report, the stocks of both Nortel Corp. and Ericsson AB plummeted, highlighting the struggles of the major players in the …
STAMFORM, Conn.-I3 Mobile Inc., which offers its Pronto voice-based information service, reported 3,400 subscribers for its second quarter. The company also said it will cut an unspecified number of jobs …
LEXINGTON, Mass.-Informio, which was founded in 2000 to provide wireless voice access to enterprise applications, has shut down its operations, according to a report on VentureWire. Messages sent to the …
PHOENIX-The wireless Web just got a little tastier. TasteNtalk and wine collecting company Schneider’s of Capitol Hill have teamed to offer more than 25,000 bottles of wine to thirsty wireless …
BERWYN, Pa.-Triton PCS Holdings Inc. said it has entered into a definitive agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to purchase personal communications services licenses in Richmond, Norfolk and Roanoke, Va., …
BEIJING-Chinese companies may get a bigger slice of the contracts for the upgrade of China Unicom’s CDMA network when bidding starts later this year. Foreign companies Motorola, Nortel, Ericsson and …
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OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an effort to revive broadband wireless services in the United Kingdom, the government has outlined plans for an auction of the 3.4 GHz band that will carry …
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Users of the United Kingdom’s largest TETRA network are reported to be suffering from health problems. The TETRA-based Airwave system, designed to provide a common communications platform for …
DUBLIN, Ireland-Strong mobile sales have boosted finances at France T
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator MTN announced that it has begun charging subscribers for its wireless Internet gateway (WIG) services. The service has been offered free since its inception in …
